vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2022-42719: linux -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 13, 2022
Added
Nov 1, 2022
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

A use-after-free in the mac80211 stack when parsing a multi-BSSID element in the Linux kernel 5.2 through 5.19.x before 5.19.16 could be used by attackers (able to inject WLAN frames) to crash the kernel and potentially execute code.

Solution

debian-upgrade-linux
Title
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